Kick and Bass?????? Help please/
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Posted on May 04, 2008 08:30 pm
xlakejunkiex
Ryan
Member Since: Dec 28, 2007
How would I go about doing this: Ive heard of this before but dont really have it clear to me. how would i get my recording so when the kick drum hits, the bass track "ducks" out of the way??? what would i need and how would i do it???? thanks again
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May 05, 2008 12:17 am Its called 'side-chaining'. Unfortunately its pretty complicated to do in Cubase compared to other apps, and I'm not even sure Cubase LE can do it. You'll have to search around. The easiest way would be to use volume automation :-(.
What happens is that: You insert a compressor with a 'side-chain input' on a the bass track. You patch a send from the kick to the bass comp 'side-chain input', and then every time the kick goes, it compresses the bass track, there-by knocking a couple of dB's off, or 'ducking'. Hope that makes sense.
May 05, 2008 12:38 am thanks man. i just bought a firestudio and it comes with cubase 4 i guess? would you recommend using that instead? can i sidechain with that? also i have an outboard compressor, how would i sidechain that? sorry to bombard you with question!!
May 05, 2008 02:02 am No worries. What version of Cubase 4 do you have? I haven't used it (I'm on SX3), but i 'hope' they would have included side-chains by now. You'll need a plug in that has a side-chain input as well.
Does your outboard compressor have a side-chain input?
May 05, 2008 06:40 pm yep, my outboard has a sidechain input.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
May 05, 2008 07:30 pm The Cubase 4 that is included with the Firestudio is actually Cubase LE4. But it should have a comp pluggin with sidechain.
Otherwise there are a couple of freebies at www.kvraudio.com that will work great and are free.
Herb had a link to a place with a load of cool high end pluggins that were free as well. And that place had a comp with sidechain.
May 05, 2008 08:04 pm ok cool. how would i do it through my outboard compressor? run out the outputs to the compressor back into my interface?
May 05, 2008 10:39 pm Soundcard output 1 (BASS) to comp input. Output 2 (KICK) to side-chain input. COMP OUT to soundcard IN.
Hit play and mess around with settings. There will probably be a 'side-chain' or 'key' button on your comp as well.
